Tag: cities
HCM City launches second tourism stimulus package
VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism has launched a second tourism stimulus scheme for the end of the year, offering discounts of up to 50% on hundreds of tour packages.
Hanoi: Price gap between inner and surrounding areas falls
A recent survey by Savills found that gap of property prices are narrowing between urban and surrounding areas as more facilities are offered to compensate for outer locations.
HCM City seeking ways to attract more FDI
HCM City is enacting numerous solutions to facilitate FDI into the city by focusing on infrastructure and administrative procedures, as the fund poured into it has been dwindling this year.
Sumitomo Corp. selects five Japanese partners to build smart city in Hanoi
VOV.VN - Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo Corp. have selected five firms from the Far East nation as partners to implement a smart city project in Dong Anh district of Hanoi in order to fully tap into the strengths of these enterprises, including their infrastructure, technology, and experience.
HCM City aims to reduce traffic accident hotspots
The HCM City authority is carrying out solutions to eliminate so-called black spots where traffic accidents occur regularly in the city.
Developing smart cities one of key tasks in national digital transformation: PM
As an active member of the ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN), Vietnam has built policies and made efforts to develop smart cities, considering this one of three key tasks in the national digital transformation process, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has stated.
HCM City licences 30,000 new businesses in nine months
As of the beginning of October, Ho Chi Minh City has licensed nearly 30,000 new businesses with combined registered capital totaling VND667 trillion (US$28.64 billion), according to the municipal Department of Planning and Investment.
Hanoi hosts ASEAN Smart Cities Network High-Level Forum 2020
VOV.VN - The ASEAN Smart Cities Network High-Level Forum 2020 kicked off in Hanoi on October 22 with the aim of promoting the sharing of initiatives, experiences, and co-operation between Vietnamese cities and their urban counterparts throughout ASEAN.
Seminar emphasises role of traditional dress ‘ao dai’
Cultural experts have hailed ‘ao dai’, traditional Vietnamese dress, for the extent to which it honours the intangible values of humanity.
Banks in HCM City to continue supporting businesses
Banks in Ho Chi Minh City are focusing on measures to mitigate the difficulties faced by businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic and help them get back to health, a State Bank of Vietnam official has said.
